Amadou & Mariam Book North American Tour

Photo by Youri Lenquette On record, the blind Malian husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam flit gorgeously all over the aesthetic map, from the lush, regal Afropop of "Senegal Fast-Food" to the glittering synth-pop of "Sabali", Pitchfork's #15 track of 2008. Onstage, though, they straight-up rock the fuck out. Amadou, it turns out, is a slick showman guitar-hero in the B.B. King mold, and Mariam wails the roof off. It's basically impossible to walk out of one of their shows feeling bad, as plent...

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